FF:DU2372 Fragments, torsos, remnants

DU2372 Fragments, torsos, remnants as "metaphors of modernity"

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Tue 12:00–13:40 K31

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Perceiving the fragmentation of the modern world in art

Learning outcomes

Written mastery of the assigned topic

Syllabus

1.Fragment, torso, ruin: questions of memory, lost past, loss of the whole
2.Ancient and modern ruins
3.The torso and its relation to the human body, the reduction of the figure to torso, fragment, destruction of the body and the new composition of parts
4.Fragmentary vision and decentralized image composition, the role of photography
5.The combination of fragments: collage, photomontage, assemblage and the transformation of their meanings
6.Fragmentation, fragmentation, layering, overlapping of partial motifs in the second half of the 20th century and the transformation of meanings
7.Accumulation of residues, formlessness, Junk Art, architectural adhocism

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods

Response to reading the assigned text and essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.